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This was the hardest thing I have ever played on ukulele. I tend to say that every time I learn a new piece here, I guess that means I keep challenging myself. After playing various instruments (mostly wind instruments) for many years, I have finally learned how to practice (play small parts at a time, play SLOWLY). It’s ironic, my late husband was a piano teacher and I heard him tell this to students for years. But if I was learning something new, I would play it close to full speed badly until I got it (sort of). He would be pleased I finally got the message. I hear his voice telling me to slow down when I start screwing up. The piece still needs work, but this is the cleanest recording I’ve got so far.
Thanks, Becky. I’m a huge podcast fan. I got the shirt at a podcast convention in Seattle a month ago.
Here is the current version of Red is the Rose. I love this tune and have being playing it somewhat obsessively. There is a hungry dog adding his part. No, I wasn’t starving him, although he would claim other wise. I’m still working on this. I’m hoping to get faster on the last part.
At first I couldn’t hear anything past 8, but I got out my good headphones and got up to 12. 14 I think I felt but can’t say I actually heard.
Thanks, Becky. Remember to keep it fun. My recording technique is turn on phone camera, play, then upload to YouTube. Keeping it simple.
I already submitted Greensleeves, so don’t count this one for the challenge. It has a lot of stumbles and my picado falls apart because of the speed. I really can’t play it at 100% but I wanted to give it a try. It was fun trying to keep up and at least I ended in the right place :).
Hi everyone,
Here is my version of Greensleeves. I added the chords and the high Dm at the end. I already know how to read music but haven’t done it much while playing ukulele. I always use the tabs. Since this has been music reading month, part of my practice has been sight reading songs from The Daily Ukulele. I try to pick out songs I don’t already know well so I’m not just playing by ear. It has been useful.I’m putting up two videos. One is my attempt at the written solo in EP002. I had a lot of difficulty with the pull offs, especially if it wasn’t to an open string. The second is me trying to solo off the same chord progression. I really don’t know what I am doing, but you can’t learn if you don’t try.
OK here is the first post. I played the background track at 75%. I just played along with it first time through since I can’t play the solo yet and wanted to end at the same place the track does.
Execution: I am a long time (about 7 yrs) strummer and regularly attend jam sessions where everybody is strumming the same way. It’s getting boring. I would like break out of that and play more up the neck and even be able to take solos.I have been working on EP002 Harmonizing in C Major.
Application: I would like to apply what I am learning to a song from my jam session group, Across the Great Divide by Kate Wolf.
Evaluation: I can play the higher chord part of EO002 (I put up a video soon). I am having trouble getting equal volume on the hammer on and pull offs in the solo. I am slowing it way down and working on that. Also I have tried playing higher chords on the Kate Wolf tune. That worked somewhat, but no solo yet.
Fred Sokolow has a book called Bluegrass Ukulele that shows the bum-ditty strum and also has a number of chord melody tunes in bluegrass style.
